A juried show offers a test for artists — a chance to measure works against those of peers and
to be assessed by an independent critical eye.

For more than 100 years, the Ohio Art League has sponsored juried shows in central Ohio. The
latest exhibit, in the Shot Tower Gallery at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, was
juried by artist, curator and educator Melissa Vogley Woods. A broad sampling of mediums and
methods is presented.

Luke Ahern’s
Small Works Installation champions ideas of exploration and investigation. The collection
of abstract experiments — more than 40 small studies — includes objects made from string, acrylic
paint, indoor/outdoor carpet, foil and eight-track tapes.

Lillianna Marie’s
Experiment skirts expected notions of two- and three-dimensionality. The piece consists of
an early aviation photograph printed on a stack of 30 cinder blocks.

Resembling a nest, cocoon and hammock,
Until Death Do Us Part — a suspended sculpture by Jordin Caudill — seems both fragile and
secure.

Sarah Hahn mixes myth with pop culture in her sculpture
The Three Graces/The Kardashians, featuring the reality-show divas in a classical
pose.

Stephen Aman’s
Monolith I, painted on hand-dyed silk, resembles blackened ruins or the aftermath of a
forest fire. Grounded by a somber, atmospheric field of color, the piece exudes an iconic
presence.

Compelling abstract paintings include the textural
Eglootnashen 2 by Eric Hines, the organic
The Future Is Fruity by Robert Tavani, the comic
Twelve Little Mistakes by Bridgette Bogle and the geometric
Euphoria II by Zach Coneybeer.

Although no common theme unites the exhibition, the show successfully pays tribute to the spirit
of experimentation, chance and the union of the historical with the contemporary.